Mm. More or less. I still hold out some hope for the guy. That said, I know I'm a bit biased because I like him. I realize that there are others who have not retained my optimism, and he'd better keep improving.

(Oh, and while I'm thinking of it... lilairen, meet yehoshua, obsessed Sox season ticket holder and He Who Writes Entertaining LJ Game Reports. And yehoshua, meet lilairen, who is equally Sox-obsessed and has the published book to prove it. Misery loves company and all that.:)